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Death and divine judgment in Ecclesiastes /

Examines the book of Ecclesiastes, arguing that it may have served as a provocative voice for, or as a catalyst to, the emergence of apocalyptic eschatology and later sectarian conflicts within Judaism in the mid-Second Temple period.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Takeuchi, Kumiko, 1946- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park, Pennsylvania : Eisenbrauns, [2019]
Series:	Bulletin for biblical research supplements ; 26.
Subjects:	Bible. > Ecclesiastes > Criticism, interpretation, etc. Death in the Bible. Judgment of God. Eschatology, Jewish.

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